Seen Around Town X

I guess my only question would be... do you guys happen to sell ukuleles?

Seen Around Town IX

Amusing sign written in the bathroom in a restaurant in London...

Shuttlecocks and Broken Guitars

...while that may sound like the title of a Hank Williams song (and it just might be; I'm not really all that familiar with his work), it's really just a partial list of things I've found in my lawn over the years. Other items include safety goggles, a 12-inch bread knife, circuit boards and an alligator tie tack — not to mention the obligatory soccer balls, gloves and miscellaneous garbage everybody ends up with. I would love to be one of those creepy neighborhood watch guys that have 24-hour surveillance videos of their properties so I could see the whole story behind these findings, but until I get old and nasty enough to be able to yell "Get off my lawn" to the neighborhood kids, I'll just have to settle for having these pictures to show you:

Artistic Statement of the Day XIII

I shot this in Paris; thought it was an interesting juxtapositioning of new and old...

Seen Around Town VIII

Well, seen around London Town, that is! I don't know... just made me smile.

My Kitchen

Since I'm not the brightest guy in the world, I need to have everything in my kitchen labeled with what's inside of it...

Chicago Motor Club Building

I had a chance recently to enter the old Chicago Motor Club Building, which was built in 1928 and is one of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the country. Sadly, the building has been vacant since 1996 (the Motor Club relocated in 1986) and is in dire need of repair, but it is still a magnificent building which I truly hope will be restored. Here are some pictures:

Better Late then Never

Here's a picture of my Halloween pumpkin, which kind of came out looking like a psychotic monkey...